London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: INSPECTIONS BY SANITARY INSPECTORS

INSPECTIONS BY SANITARY INSPECTORS

Food1st InspectionRe-inspections
Food Premises (See table on page 47)7851,105
Registration of Hawkers234
Milk Sampling67.
Ice Cream Sampling18.
Street Traders1.
Infectious Diseases
Notifiable Infectious Diseases13212
Food Poisoning221
Small-pox contacts3.
Public Health Inspections
Complaints1,4894,780
Drainage228288
Water Tests applied15.
Smoke and Chemical Tests117.
Rodent Control18296
Overcrowding76
Housing (Permitted numbers)631
House to House—Housing Survey140.
Factories30981
Outworkers310.
Renewal of Music and Dancing Licences1911
Moselle Pollution514701
Smoke observations95.
Verminous conditions182
Pests434
Rag Flock, etc., Act, 195121
Pet Animals Act, 1951146
Rent Restrictions Acts1.
Certificates of Disrepair8581
Revocation of Certificates of Disrepair6723
Cinemas11
Other reasons3962
Shops Inspections
General Inspections968603
Others
Petroleum Stores138.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952141
National Assistance Act—Section 471213
6,2987,823
TOTAL VISITS14,121